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Creator/Title

Hobson, Edward Henry, 1825-1901. To Belmont Perry, n.p. Greensburg, Ky., 31 May 1887. ALS, 5pp.

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Mss. C H

Content

Hobson recalls organizing the 13th Kentucky Infantry Regiment: mustering in at Camp Hobson on the Green River; commanding troops at Munfordville; pursuing Braxton Bragg through Kentucky in 1862; commanding his regiment at Perryville; fighting skirmishes at Mt. Washington and Crab Orchard; chasing John Hunt Morgan through Ohio; commanding units at Lexington; and campaigning in South Western Kentucky in 1864.

Subject Heading

Kentucky - History - Civil War, 1861-1865